Dust-guard.



L. Y. WILLIAMS. 7

DUST GUARD. i APPLICATION FILED OCT. 15. I914. 1,156,959. Patented00t.19, 1915.

e o\ e B LACEY Y. WILLIAMS, OF TOLEDO, OHIO.

DUST-GUARD.

1 156 959. Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Oct, 19, 1915,

- Application filed October 15, 1914. Serial No. 866,799.

To all whom/it may concern: present improvement consists in making Be itknown that I, LACEY Y. VVgLp AMs, each of the L-shaped sections of theguard a citizen of the United States, resldmg at of three layers of Woodriveted or riveted Toledo, in the county of Lucas and State and glued orcemented together, IGIIIOViIIg 0Q n o 0 0 driven into the central layerF of wood in the short arm, the shoulders thereon limiting the degreeofpenetration, and the projecting part of the staple is movable withinthe recess of the long arm, the rivet V guiding the same in itsmovements and preventing the separation of the arms. One end of thespring S is secured ,to. the short arm by bility.

an eye W through which passes one prong of the staple and the other endof the coil is anchored to the long arm by an eye]? and a rivet O.

The guard as thus constructed fulfils the desired requirements ofrelatively cheap first cost, effectiveness in operation and dura- Asbefore stated, the .best embo diment of the invention includes the unionof the several sheets by glue or cement, as'well asthe union of the sameby rivets, While in some instances the rivets are'suflicient when manyof them are employed. Boththe embodiments cure the imperfectionsappertaining to the guards hereinbefore mentioned and constitutepractical and serviceable: guards and accepted as such by those skilledin {the art.

What I claim is:

LA dust guard consisting of two complemental L-shaped sections, eachsection having a long arm and a shortarm and a semicircular bearingedge, and the said sections oppositely disposed to each other to form asubstantially circular opening; both of said sections comprised ofsheets of wood with the grains of the wood angularly dis-- posed andthesheets rivetedtogether; and springs secured to the ad acent long andshort arms of the sections for forcingthe bearing edges of the sectionsagainst a journal.

2. A dust guard consisting of two coin plemental L-shaped sections, eachsection .having a long arm and a short arm and a semicircular bearingedge, and the said sections oppositely disposed to each other to tionsoppositely disposed to each other to form a substantially circularopening; both of said sections comprised. of sheets of wood with thegrains ofthe wood angularly disposed and the sheets riveted together;also each of said long arms being provided with a recess formed byremoving a part of the central sheet of wood, a coiled spring and astaple within each recess, the staple secured to a short arm and movablewithin the recess, and the spring anchored to the short arm at one endby the staple and at the other end to the long arm by a rivet; and

guiding pins or rivets passed through the long arms and the staples.

In testimony whereof laflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

LACEY Y. WILLIAMS.

Witnesses;

Jnssm A. MOXON, S. E. IRLAM.

